Electrically operated smoking device including a compact system for identifying smoking articles in the device

US11166494B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Philip Morris Products S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Christiane Gimkiewicz · Ismaning, DE
• Rolf Eckert · Rutesheim, DE
• Edoardo Franzi · Cheseaux-Noréaz, CH
• David Hasler · Neuchâtel, CH
• Ross Stanley · Épalinges, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B3/005
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

There is provided an electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article, the device including a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses disposed on the image detector.